. hello. thank you for joining us. i'm jc hayward. the man al qaeda trusted with its latest bomb turns out to be a double agent. we're getting more details on the intelligence operation that unraveled a plot to blow up the

u.s.-bound jetliner. randall pinkston reports on the white house. >> reporter: the double agent who helped u.s. intelligence officials foil the al qaeda bomb plot was a saudi citizen working for the c.i.a. the agent infiltrated al qaeda in the peninsula. >> a lot of saudi members of al qaeda went down to yemen. some of them want to go home. some of them are tired. some have families in saudi arabia. those are the kind of guys who could serve as double agents. >> reporter: al qaeda asked that double agent to carry a new generation bomb on to an american-bound jetliner. he received the bomb and handed it over to u.s. officials. >> they're making mistakes. they're not big mistakes but we've been fortunate that they've been caught. >> reporter: the bomb is said to be a new design of the underwear bomb that failed to blow up a flight over detroit on christmas day 2009. this one has no metallic parts and may have made it through airport met a.m. detectors. at least -- metal detectors.

at least one news organization heard about the bomb plot last week but the white house asked them to hold the story till this week because the operation was still ongoing. congressional leadsers say they are looking into who -- leaders say they're looking into who leaked the information. >> i don't think those leak shoes have happened. there was an operation in progress. i think the leak is regarded as very serious. >> reporter: the f.b.i. is now deconstructing this new and improved bomb. officials say there are no immediate plans to change airport security screening measures. randall pinkston, cbs news, the white house. >> by letting their own man volunteer as the al qaeda bomber, the c.i.a. lost a valuable source inside the terrorist group. he will not be able to go back to yemen and gather more intelligence. yesterday mitt romney swept all three republican primaries and he has some other news to celebrate, because a new gallop poll says the race between romney and the president is a dead heat. it adds that 47% of registered

voters would select romney. 44% would choose the president. and that's a big change from two weeks ago when the same poll gave president obama a seven-point lead. in north carolina, voters have approved amending that state constitution to allow marriage only between a man and a woman. that makes north carolina the 30th state to adopt the ban on same-sex marriages. maryland is bracing for next week's g8 summit of world leaders. it's going to be held at camp david. and protests are expected. and they'll be in the city of frederick. about 25 miles away. police say as long as things remain peaceful, demonstrators are welcome. the city parks and recreation commission recommends that protesters be allowed at baker park. that's in the downtown area of frederick. and residents of the city aren't quite sure exactly what

to expect. >> as long as they're peaceful, you know, they have free speech, so, but if it's going to be radicals, no, no, we don't need that in frederick. >> police have told downtown businesses to bring in street signs and take precaution just in case things get out of hand. schools will be closed on may 18 as a precaution. there is a new twist today in the penn state sex scandal. jerry sandusky's lawyer is asking a judge to delay his june 5 trial. san dusky is facing 52 counts involving ten boys in a sex abuse case. his lawyers contend that sandusky may not be able to get adequate representation without the delay. the request comes about a month before a judge in pennsylvania is set to select jurors to hear that case. a deadly road rage incident caught on video could be released by fairfax county

investigators. 21-year-old shelinda arrington was struck and killed after she and another woman got into an argument on harrison lane in hybla lane. police say mcmillan has been charged more than two dozen times in ten years. we've also learned that a man and a child were in the suv that police say gloria mcmillan used to run over shelinda arrington last friday. she remains behind bars. the man accused of attacking a woman in pet diss worth with -- petworth with a hammer has a competency hearing. the judge learned the mental evaluation of michael davis is complete. right now davis is accused in one attack but police believe he may be connected to at least three others, including one that killed a man from denver.

a woman victimized by a man posing as a montgomery county police officer is speaking out now. police released this composite sketch of the suspect. they say that he followed the woman by car last thursday. he then flashed a badge. she stopped her car in front of her church in silver spring. the victim who speaks spanish told ken molestina exactly what happened. >> reporter: she says once he managed to get her to stop, he pulled her out of the car and made her take a seat on the curb. it was at that point that she realized the man wasn't legit and instead was out to rob her. >> police say anyone who fears that they are being tricked by a police impersonator should call 911 immediately. give them your location so that another officer can be sent. still to come on 9news now, find out why a new survey

asking federal employees their sexual preference could lead to a more harmonious workplace. and you won't believe what airport screeners in rhode island found when they checked a stuffed animal.

authorities isolated two southwest flights from john wayne airport in southern california to phoenix, arizona overnight. after a threatening phone call.

flight 1184 landed in phoenix, but it was moved to a separate area for passenger and baggage screening. flight 811 was stopped before departure. both planes were later cleared. now we have a disturbing story to tell you about from rhode island. tsa officials stopped a father and his young son yesterday. terrell brown reports they had gun parts and ammunition in a bizarre hiding place. >> reporter: on monday at the airport in providence, rhode island, a routine search turned into a major security scare. while screening a passenger's carry-on bag, tsa agents found the hardware of a 40 caliber gun, a magazine loaded with two rounds of ammunition, and a firing pin all concealed within three stuffed animals, including a mickey mouse. >> the stuffed animals were contained in the carry-on bag.

the carry-on bag was going through normal procedures. >> reporter: the bag belonged to a 4-year-old boy traveling with his father to detroit. tsa agents confiscated the items but let the man and boy get on their plane. >> the officers were comfortable allowing the father and son continue on the flight. he indicated that he was unaware they were there. the public was never in any danger. >> reporter: police believe neither father nor son knew they were carrying a weapon and in a statement a spokesperson said, they believe there this was related to an ongoing domestic dispute. police believe the wife was trying to cause trouble for her husband. instead, some passengers weren't as forgiven. >> i think they dropped the ball by letting the fellow fly away. i really do. >> reporter: the name of the pair hasn't been released but there is an investigation to figure out how the gun parts were stuffed into the toy animals. authorities say if assembled, there could have been a loaded gun on an airplane.

terrell brown, new york. coming up next, howard has the forecast. >> very comfortable right now. cloudy skies. temps in the low 70s. allergy update came in. that's a little better than yesterday thanks to some of the showers overnight. tree pollen has come downing to the moderate category. grass is still high but about a third of what it was yesterday. weeds and mold are low. we'll let you look at radar. when rain returns when 9news now returns.

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value. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. nearly two million federal employees about to be asked a personal question by uncle sam. are you gay or straight? the office of personnel management is issuing the survey, and besides sexual orientation, the survey will ask workers about the strengths and weaknesses of their department. opm hopes that the survey will help managers across the board and gay rights activists support the survey. >> when discrimination might be happening in the work force, when teams might not be functioning as well as they could because there could be some discrimination. >> opm denied our request for an interview, but in a statement they said government employees can choose not to answer. here is one way to let mom

know how much she has influenced your life. follow in her footsteps. three young women whose mothers are prince george's county police officers did just that. kristin fisher reports. >> reporter: lavon dickerson was just three years old when her mother graduated from the prince george's county police academy. >> it really influenced me growing up. i was like wow, she's doing that? i want to do that. >> reporter: 20 years later dickerson did just that. in fact her mom a corporal pinned her badge on graduation day. the two became the first african-american mother- daughter duo in prince george's county police history. >> i'm surprised. you really love what you're doing? i was like, yeah. >> reporter: this mother- daughter team is one of three in the prince george's county county police department. they don't typically work together day to day. department policy separates family members while on duty. but after work, they're not just moms. they're mentors.

>> it's nice. i mean, you always have swung to confide in. am i doing this right? what would you do if you had done it? >> i'm definitely very proud of her but i still have that worry in my heart. >> reporter: with mother's day less than a week away, i asked the daughter to say any sort of special mother's day message for their mom. >> i'm proud of you. and you're my idol. >> oh, thank you. >> i'm proud of her and i love her a lot. she is definitely an inspiration to be on the police department, something i like up to. >> i appreciate everything she's done for me, the guidance she gives me, the knowledge she's provided with me growing up. i really love my mom for that my mom is my best friend. right, lady? >> happy mother's day. >> reporter: in palmer park, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> by the way, mother's day is this sunday. just because we're talking about mothers, we don't want to leave out dads because the fathers of two of those police officers are also with the department. so these young women are truly following in the family

tradition. >> that's a sweet story. >> congratulations to them. how you doing? >> i'm well. i'm well. it's a decent lunch hour out there. you want to get outside and take a walk before the rains come back this afternoon. you have a few hours to do that. i'm thinking between 4:00 and 11:00 this evening going to be the best chance we have of seeing showers moving from west to east before things pull out. then some nice, dry, cooler air moves in after that for the next few days. today, though, looking at the day planner, we're talking about mainly cloudy skies. we had some sunny breaks earlier. winds north west 5 to 10. you'll notice the temperatures by mid afternoon about 75, 76. that will be the high for the day. as we get later into the afternoon, a better chance we'll pick up some showers. maybe even a rumble of thunder in spots. if you've got a late day plan, maybe a ballgame or you want to go for a walk this evening, it will be much more difficult to get that in let's say taking that walk. temperatures in the middle 60s. we'll drop to the 50sover night.

we had showers overnight and early this morning. all of that has moved toward the coastal areas. not a great day at ocean city or bethany or up to eastern long island or down to the cape. out to the west more showers coming in. look at this. coming out of kentucky and southwestern virginia, west virginia, this is all moving in our direction but it's going to take several more hours before we moisten up enough to start seeing the showers return. so again we're probably good for another three, maybe four hours here in the metro. but the clouds are a little thicker in the upper 60s. winchester, luray, 68 degrees. you'll notice low 70s from annapolis in fredricksburg and even in town right now as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera. we've got cloudy skies, a little bit of a breeze. temperatures running in the low 70s at national. 72 with the clouds. northwest winds at 9 miles an hour and humidity at 57%. pretty comfortable for this time of year. naturally the west coast is final. our moisture has been coming down from the deep south. out of texas showers and storms there extending to n. you see the back edge of this rain coming into mississippi and alabama and georgia.

that is also being pushed up to the northeast on a southwesterly wind. some of these light showers even into parts of new york state. this is all headed toward us. as we break down the timetable for you on the future cast, cloudy skies. well gate into the 3:00 hour. a couple of showers trying to form not far from leesburg over toward areas down to charlottesville, maybe up toward frederick. we'll get in toward the later part of the afternoon now. 5:45, 6:00. now we're seeing showers pushing toward fredricksburg in toward the metro as well. and then for the early part of the night, late evening, look at this. some of the showers are going to pick up. you start to see the yellows, the oranges, the reds, heavier rains. maybe even some rumbles of thunder with this. by midnight it starts to pull away. tomorrow morning we're clearing out. it's going to be a brink northwest wind tomorrow and with that we may see just a spotty shower in a couple of areas near the maryland- pennsylvania border. then cool air really comes in tomorrow night. going to have some lows by friday morning in the lower

40s. so today comfortable, mid-70s. muggy a little bit. muggier this morning. and some showers and isolated thunder returning for later this afternoon and the first part of the night. tonight we're in the 50s. tomorrow 71. we'll have a shower, an isolated one at worst up north. then for friday very nice. a chilly start in the 40s to 51 in town. we finish at 70. nice on saturday. got a lot of things going on. then on sunday maybe a late shower. still comfortable in the mid- 70s. we'll be back. going into the kitchen when 9news now returns.

today i'm one on one with two of our favorite chefs. salt and pepper. they are preparing a mother's day brunch. go to my website. they have the recipes on there. this is going to be pancakes with bacon. >> bacon pancakes. >> oh, gosh. >> you are going to eat your bacon with your pancakes anyway. >> we're doing shrimp and grits and it's actually already done since we don't have much time. >> you can follow the box but what i also do is throw in a little bit of brown sugar and vanilla which adds more flavor

to it. you add the bacon. it's like a mouth explosion. >> when they pop on the top like that it's time to turn? >> look for all the bubbles to pop and flip it over and brown on the other side maybe another 30 seconds or so. >> so you're doing the shrimp. >> we're doing the shrimp, garlic and grits. the secret to this dish -- i was looking at somebody who decided to put cheese with it and i don't understand why but that's between you-- >> really? >> cheese and grits is good but it's not necessary with this. this has sausage, very simple, takes five minutes to make. you just have to have everything ready to go. >> you put in butter? >> well, butter makes everything taste better. basically it's the sausage, our large shrimp here. most probably call these jumbos or extra large. we call them 16/20s. tomatoes, fresh parsley, fresh basil, a little bit of green

onion. it's very, very simple. if you have a mother or another who loves seafood, this is the way to go. >> i do. let me ask you about the grits, what kind of grits do you use? >> these are stone ground grits. >> yes, yes, yes. those are the best ones. stone ground are delicious. >> they're better. they're a lot better. >> are you finished with your pancakes? >> it's all done on the other side. >> he makes them from scratch, the best pancakes you'll ever have. >> our agoing to be out in tysons at whole foods when? >> next week, next sunday, saturday after mother's day. >> this is so much better than my pancakes. >> they're so much better than my pancakes. >> don't they look good? if i didn't want bacon and wanted blueberries, do the same thing? just pour the batter and put it on top? >> sure. >> it looks good. so you can fix this for mother's day. >> we've got to work on something for sunday. >> that's a good idea. >> go to jchayward.com.

>> showers returning this afternoon. 4:00 to 11:00 about the best time for that nice and dry. all of this, the recipes at jchayward.com. there's a lot of great stuff at jchayward.com. thanks for being with us. come back and visit us at 5:00. don't forget to go to jchayward.com. innovations in aging is on there. thanks for being with us. bye-bye.